“Playing off the left wing, the Frenchman likes to have a central target to play balls to, and from whom to feed off.

“It’s a perfect situation for Mourinho as he has two brilliant young talents in Martial and Marcus Rashford fighting to start, and that keeps the standard high and young players hungry. That competition is what all the best clubs have.”

Up next for United in the Champions League is a clash with Benfica, who lost 5-0 to Basel, on October 18 (7:45pm).